Definition of fret

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Fret (v. t.) To ornament with raised work; to variegate; to diversify.

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Refret :: Refret (n.) Refrain.
Techy :: Techy (a.) Peevish; fretful; irritable.
Fretter :: Fretter (n.) One who, or that which, frets..
Cankeredly :: Cankeredly (adv.) Fretfully; spitefully.
Pheese :: Pheese (n.) Fretful excitement.
Worry :: Worry (v. t.) To harass or beset with importunity, or with care an anxiety; to vex; to annoy; to torment; to tease; to fret; to trouble; to plague..
Fret :: Fret (v. i.) To eat in; to make way by corrosion.
Fretted :: Fretted (p. p. & a.) Agitated; vexed; worried.
Feeze :: Feeze (n.) Fretful excitement. [Obs.] See Feaze.
Impatience :: Impatience (n.) The quality of being impatient; want of endurance of pain, suffering, opposition, or delay; eagerness for change, or for something expected; restlessness; chafing of spirit; fretfulness; passion; as, the impatience of a child or an invalid..
Fret :: Fret (n.) Ornamental work in relief, as carving or embossing. See Fretwork..
Testy :: Testy (superl.) Fretful; peevish; petulant; easily irritated.
Teatish :: Teatish (a.) Peevish; tettish; fretful; -- said of a child. See Tettish.
Fretful :: Fretful (a.) Disposed to fret; ill-humored; peevish; angry; in a state of vexation; as, a fretful temper..
Fretum :: Fretum (n.) A strait, or arm of the sea..
Fret :: Fret (v. i.) To be worn away; to chafe; to fray; as, a wristband frets on the edges..
Peevish :: Peevish (a.) Expressing fretfulness and discontent, or unjustifiable dissatisfaction; as, a peevish answer..
Ripple :: Ripple (v. i.) To become fretted or dimpled on the surface, as water when agitated or running over a rough bottom; to be covered with small waves or undulations, as a field of grain..
Fretten :: Fretten (a.) Rubbed; marked; as, pock-fretten, marked with the smallpox..
Crossly :: Crossly (adv.) Athwart; adversely; unfortunately; peevishly; fretfully; with ill humor.
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